... of force policies, added body cameras, created de-escalation training for officers, and it just did not matter when it came to the killing of George Floyd. Amna Nawaz: You mentioned George Floyd. And I think the big question is, if that killing wasn't a transformative moment, then what ...
... Bryant said. Cellphone video of often-violent police interactions has put a spotlight on officer conduct in recent years, particularly since the 2020 killing of George Floyd while he was being arrested by police in Minneapolis. The resulting nationwide protests called attention to officer brutality that often targets Black Americans ...
Their social groups were probably questioning, based upon the dialogue that was going on, the role of police and its legitimacy. Catherine Rampell: The work has always been stressful and polarizing. But, today, it's even harder to recruit applicants. Jeff Shrader: From 2019, pre-pandemic, pre-George Floyd, up ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's killing told a judge Monday that they have rejected plea deals that would have resulted in three-year prison sentences, setting the stage for trial in October. Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng are charged with aiding and ...
... year, assaults and burglaries are rising. Republicans have blamed Walz for a sluggish National Guard mobilization they say enabled the sometimes violent protests that followed George Floyd's killing in 2020, including arson that destroyed a police precinct. Walz has dismissed “second-guessing” of his moves during the pandemic, which ...
... he’s Black,” Wood said. Arbery’s killing became part of a larger national reckoning over racial injustice and killings of unarmed Black people, including George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Kentucky. Like Floyd's case, Arbery's slaying was captured in a graphic cellphone video that sparked ...
... times. The spring and summer of 2020 became a time of reckoning over how police treat Black communities. Protesters shouted Taylor's name along with that of George Floyd, a Black man who died from suffocation three months after Taylor when a white Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck.
Judy Woodruff: As that hearing continued, news came of a lengthy indictment in the Fourth of July parade shooting outside Chicago. The man accused of killing seven people and wounding more than 30 will face 117 felony counts. New federal prison sentences have been handed down in George Floyd's ...
... a similar bill. A federal judge has sentenced a former Minneapolis police officer, Thomas Lane, to two-and-a-half years in prison for violating George Floyd's civil rights. Lane, who is awaiting sentencing on a state manslaughter charge, held Floyd's legs while another officer fatally knelt on ...
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